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[cannedmoose]

32!! that's not hot! I live in Sevilla until I get to Cyprus, it is 42 here at the moment, and it's not even summer yet. That is July/August. One of the street machines registered 57 two summers ago. It gets to about 45-50 on average in the summer. Anyone know what/where the highest recorded temp was?

What are the temps in Cyprus generally?

Voyou, having been to Seville many times I know how hot it gets, although I dispute your claim that it reached 57 degrees, the official readings are taken in the shade and it would never reach that sort of level - you are talking about in direct sunlight. I also know that Seville does not average 45-50 degrees... more like high 30s, low 40s.

The highest temperature ever officially record was 57.8 at Al-Aziziyah, Libya in 1922. The highest temperature officially recorded in Europe was 50.0 degrees in Seville in 1881. In the UK, we had the highest recorded temperature in 2003 at 38.5 degrees, which I remember felt absolutely awful.

The difference in England is that 32 degrees is often combined with brutal humidity, the sun has power but not enough power to dry the air as it does further south. So often 32 in England feels like 40 in Cyprus.

[demetriou_74]

temp makes no difference as long as u got a pool and some air-con. however humidity is a fucker

[cannedmoose]

temp makes no difference as long as u got a pool and some air-con. however humidity is a fucker

Amen, and air-con and pools aren't exactly standard fare over here...

[voyou]

Hi cannedmoose..

Thanks for the info on the highest temp in Libya.

I have lived here for 3 years now.. and I did say that it was on a street machine.. I never mentioned official... so I will take your comments on the chin.

It is very hot here, and on those same machines it IS around 45 - 50 (and higher) quite often around the summer months, especially last two weeks of July first two weeks of August.

In addition to your comments.. (not to try to out do you, but for factual awareness for us geeks).. The highest temp in the UK was 40. something last summer. Maybe someone can correct that.

What are the stipulations for the temp readings officially?

Def true that one place feels like a higher temp as another. What does Cyprus feel like?

Thanks for your comments cannedmoose...

[cannedmoose]

It is very hot here, and on those same machines it IS around 45 - 50 (and higher) quite often around the summer months, especially last two weeks of July first two weeks of August.

Those street machines are notoriously unreliable, they're like the temperature sensor in my car, always reading a couple of degrees above due to conduction from the surrounding casing.

In addition to your comments.. (not to try to out do you, but for factual awareness for us geeks).. The highest temp in the UK was 40. something last summer. Maybe someone can correct that.

Sorry to correct again, but the highest recorded temp in the UK was 38.5 degrees, recorded at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent (South-East England) on 10th August, 2003. Unless you're counting my conservatory, in which case it hit 59.4 degrees yesterday...

Def true that one place feels like a higher temp as another. What does Cyprus feel like?

In my experience, Cyprus on the coast can be quite sticky when it's really hot, but you tend to get a sea breeze that builds throughout the day as the land heats up so that helps alleviate it slightly. Whereas in the centre of the island around Nicosia it's more of an 'oven' type heat, a very dry heat because it's shielded from the influence of the sea by the hills and mountains. Best place on the whole island in summer is the mountains. If you drive from the furnace of Nicosia up into Troodos, it feels like absolute bliss... just remember to take a hat and sunblock as the UV in the mountains is very high.

Thanks for your comments cannedmoose...

No problem. Us weather geeks have to stick together

[demetriou_74]

temp makes no difference as long as u got a pool and some air-con. however humidity is a fucker

Amen, and air-con and pools aren't exactly standard fare over here...

where is here? if you going on about here as in north london i suggest Aroma and southgate snooker hall. they both have air con.


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[voyou]

cannedmoose... I am trying to find detauls of that 40 + I heard of (or imagined!) last summer in england but can't find it. I did find this

http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/extremes/index.html

which substantiates your info. BAH!!

Does anyone remember any news about a 40+ temp in the UK last summer?.. ok ok.. it isn't that important....

[demetriou_74]

40+ ?? dont think so. i knew it was hotter in the Uk than it was in cyprus for 1 day.

[cannedmoose]

40+ ?? dont think so. i knew it was hotter in the Uk than it was in cyprus for 1 day.

Last year's summer wasn't all that hot, apart from a few days. 2003 was the record breaker.

[GammaDragon]

Commenting on a few posts back, I think 40+ for Cyprus is a little of enthusiastic estimate. Perhaps in Nicosia and around the Mesauria Plains (sp?), but even so this is above average numbers

Same for Spain, it is most certainly not 40-50 on average I spent 2 weeks in Luxor on the south of the Nile where it IS 42-48 on average. Southern Egypt is far far hotter than either Spain or Cyprus

Don't trust your street temperature boards, they measure city microclimate, not actual temperatures. My car can often claim it 35C parked next to my house, when it's actually 25